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Australia news live: ‘I can’t promise cheaper energy,’ says Bowen; rescuers search bush for crashed plane pilot


Climate minister tells 7.30 that the government has tried to balance emissions with prices; light aircraft goes missing near Batemans Bay

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A plane has crashed in dense bushland on the state’s south coast while returning to Sydney, sparking a search last night on foot by emergency services for the crash site and the lone pilot.

The pilot had taken the small recreational aircraft out on a solo trip earlier on Thursday, flying south from Bankstown airport in Sydney’s west, police said.

Australians do want to see climate action but they also care about cost of living because it’s right before them every day … [but] the fundamental fact is that what’s good for your pocket is good for the planet and vice versa.

I can guarantee that renewables are the cheapest form of energy. … We’ve never pretended, in the face of international energy pressures, that all this happens easily or quickly but we also don’t walk away from the fact that renewables are the cheapest form of energy ever known to humankind.

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Author : Nick Visser

Publish date : 2025-09-18 21:23:00

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